CriterionCast
    CriterionCast

    Criterion Close-Up – Episode 58 – Punch-Drunk Love and the Films of Paul Thomas Anderson

    Aaron West
    February 8, 2017

    Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:42:18 — 70.5MB)

    Mark and Aaron get back to this century with a look at Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch-Drunk Love. Naturally we talk about Adam Sandler’s dramatic acting jobs, and well, what happened to them? We go further into PTA’s career, film by film, chronicling the evolution of his craft and style. We explore why he is so popular, and question whether he belongs in the conversation of greatest living filmmakers.

    3:40 – Punch Drunk Love

    47:40 – Paul Thomas Anderson

    Episode Credits

    Next time on the podcast: Late Spring

    FacebookXReddit

    Aaron West

    I am a somewhat educated Criterion dork, with a History and Film Studies bachelor's degree and plenty of self-education over the years. My tastes are all over the map. Probably my favorite is 1930s French Poetic Realism, but I like everything from noir, to animation, to horror, westerns, and modern film. Usually I prefer film that challenges and requires something of the viewer.

    View all posts

    Just Announced!

    CRITERION ON AMAZON COMING SOON BOX SETS ESSENTIALS CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD AWARD WINNERS